Ontario’s Among Legends have released their new full-length, Lose My Grip, via Sell The Heart Records (US), ADD Records (US), Steady Riot Records (Canada) and Little Rocket Records (UK). The band have spent nearly a decade carving out their place through constant touring, self-released EPs, lineup shifts, and long stretches of highway between shows. Their roots trace back to southern Ontario’s mid-2000s punk and ska circuit, pulling influence from bands like The Flatliners, Hostage Life, and Broadcast Zero, while channeling the melodic tension and harmony-driven songwriting of Bad Religion and Less Than Jake. But where earlier material leaned closer to modern pop punk, Lose My Grip pushes harder into something leaner, faster, and more emotionally direct.
Recorded after years of upheaval and transition within the band, Lose My Grip reflects a period where everything seemed to shift at once. The result is a record that feels less concerned with fitting neatly into one scene or subgenre and more focused on clarity, momentum, and connection. You can hear that evolution in the spaces between the songs as much as the songs themselves. The long overnight drives on the 401. Loading gear into tiny clubs after midnight. The fluorescent buzz of a Tim Hortons stop before another stretch of highway.
Among Legends are a band that feels road-tested in the truest sense. Not just tight, but lived-in. At its core, Among Legends is still built on friendship and a shared idea of what playing music should feel like. That hasn’t changed. What has changed is the weight behind it. Lose My Grip finds the band pushing harder into their sound. More aggressive, more focused, and willing to let things hit a little rougher when it counts. With Mitchell Buchanan on bass and vocals, Sara Fellin on drums and former member Tyler Boles on guitar, the trio locks into something immediate and lived-in.
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